Actors Quotes · Page 194

I think that actresses can be in all different shapes and sizes, but it is a profession, and as an actor, your…

— Rebel Wilson

I know that I've had a very fortunate life, but also I think my job as an actor is to connect emotionally…

— Patricia Arquette

I feel like I'm the most well-adjusted character on the show, even though I'm sure the other actors would tell you the…

— Thomas Lennon

I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics.

— Jeremy Renner

With every project, you feel like you're trying to find your place to vent. For any actor, that's typically the feeling that…

— Kristen Stewart

Don [ Handfield] was actually one of the first guys I met in town back in '94. He was an actor and…

— Jeremy Renner

Growing up I was involved in children's theater, so I was definitely on the path to be an actor and a singer.

— Victor Garber

The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.

— Joan Chen

Most actors are very deeply passionate about their line of work. I suppose there are probably people who sell insurance policies that…

— Greg Kinnear

I was four when I started modeling. My mom was very much an off-the-stage mom who knew nothing about the business. She…

— Charlotte Arnold

That an author takes a bow is not humility but presumption. What does the paleface want on the stage afterwards? But before…

— Karl Kraus

Someone I met years ago explained to me the difference between a personality and an actor, a personality being Eddie Murphy or…

— Orlando Jones

There are actors who spend 20 years working and still don't achieve what I've achieved so quickly. So I think my only…

— Zhang Ziyi

I think that's as far as you have to think, everything happens as a coincidence. It either happens or it doesn't. It's…

— Jason Statham

Well, I was coming off of being on 'Law & Order,' and I was a little worried that it might be the…

— Jeremy Sisto

I think that you sign a sort of unwritten contract when you become a public figure, when you become an actor, that…

— Olivia Wilde

As a kid, I used to run around our garden waving a stick and pretending to be a million different people. That's…

— Douglas Booth

I think one of the big challenges about science fiction is finding truth to relate to as an actor.

— Amanda Schull

I'm very involved in all of my social media activities. I'm not an actor. I play myself, and I take that very…

— Jon Taffer

When I think it's good not to say the truth, I don't say anything. I don't like actors in general, they lie,…

— Melanie Laurent

I'm a physical type of actor and love projects in which I can get physical. The more action, the better.

— Wesley Snipes

A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he…

— Jean Renoir

I admire actors and artists who devote just as much time to their life as they do to their work.

— Jake Gyllenhaal

It's harder to work with people who are not as dedicated to their craft. It also leaves you a better actor when…

— Viola Davis

I only want to work with actors that really get it and make it work. I didn't want it to be a…

— Darren Aronofsky

I think there are enough professional actors to fill in for me in my absence. I enjoyed it, but I can't imagine…

— Lou Dobbs

My favorite newer movie is "Training Day." Denzel Washington is, to me, one of the greatest actors ever. The way he gets…

— Virgil Green

I want to make a clear distinction between people who take acting seriously and people who call themselves actors because they've been…

— Damian Lewis

I like watching the other actors, but the hard thing about watching yourself is that the performance is done, and no matter…

— Linda Cardellini

I think directors should at least take acting lessons to see what's going on. And I think all actors should direct to…

— Penny Marshall

As an actor, that's the best thing you can do, really take people along on a story and tell them something.

— Austin Peck

It's very true that non-actors feel more comfortable in front of a digital camera, without the lights and the large crowd around…

— Abbas Kiarostami

I know how to be strong. I know how to be ruthless. It's part of my nature. I wouldn't be an actor…

— Anthony Hopkins

I'm not tough when it comes to people criticizing the people that I protect, and those are the actors. It makes them…

— Lee Daniels

As an actor, I've just gotten insanely lucky. I quite like being surrounded by lots of different talented people lots of different…

— Domhnall Gleeson

When the major studios flourished many years ago, an actor was groomed, developed, and worked frequently at his craft. The studios really…

— James MacArthur

Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time.

— Jack Nicholson

Yes, I can play younger than my age. But I can play characters older than I am, too. I'm not an actor…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to…

— Glenn Ford

Not knowing what's happening, from script to script, as an actor and as a character, lends itself to the same tension and…

— Matthew Davis